BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 months agoYouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experimentwww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: privacy
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkYouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experimentwww.dexerto.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy
YouTube has been testing a new way to show you ads that appear when you pause your video, and it feels pretty confident about them.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·8 months agoAnd with my ad blocker, I will never see them. If I’m pausing a video it’s usually because I need to talk to someone and can’t have sound from an ad playing or I need to read something in the video and can’t have an ad on top of it.
minus-squarethantik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoThese ads don’t have sound. They’re just a static ad. You can still see the video, it just gets shrunk and paused. I mean, they still suck – but at least understand the thing you’re arguing about first.
And with my ad blocker, I will never see them.
If I’m pausing a video it’s usually because I need to talk to someone and can’t have sound from an ad playing or I need to read something in the video and can’t have an ad on top of it.
These ads don’t have sound. They’re just a static ad. You can still see the video, it just gets shrunk and paused.
I mean, they still suck – but at least understand the thing you’re arguing about first.